The contribution of female scholars in the scientific community has always been indelible. Although the contribution of women is not as much as that of men, women have also made great contributions to society and the scientific community. But they also have various prejudices and obstacles in the process of their fruitful achievements. They can only rely on the struggle to break through...
Gender imbalance is a recurring topic in the IT industry, as women are underrepresented in this field. There are also many people who believe that there is a certain degree of prejudice and discrimination against women in the entire industry, because some people believe that women are less capable than men in technical work. In fact, the development of the computer industry has been inseparable...
“Your best and wisest refuge from all troubles is in your science.” Ada Lovelace Ada Lovelace, known as the first author of a computer program was born in 1815, a poet father that’s not around much, and a mathematics-loving mother. Ada is in a privileged position compared to other young women which allows her talent and hard work to seize the right opportunity given to success. Ada’s parents were...
Ada and Babbage Ada Lovelace, a bright minded mathematician who came up with the first computer program before computers were really a thing. Babbage created the first “computer,” a steam powered machine that was a big calculator. His problem was finding a program that would run the machine in a manner that would work how he envisioned. He asked Ada t translate an Italian...
Ada Lovelace is the first person to write a computer program. She wrote it in the 1840s, 130 years before the first personal computer was ever put on sale. Ada was born in 1815 to poet Lord Byron and mathematician Lady Byron. The infamous poet abandoned her and her mother only one month after birth. Afraid her daughter would inherit her father’s volatility, Ada’s mother raised her...
Ada Lovelace Charles Babbage —— A mathematics professor at Cambridge University who today is commonly recognized as the father of the computer. Babbage’s most notable invention was the analytical engine a brass and iron steam-powered machine he first envisioned in 1837. In 1843, he asked Ada to translate a description of his engine written by an Italian mathematician over the next nine months...